VISTA: Man struck, killed running across Highway 78

VISTA ---- A man was struck and killed early Friday morning
after he crashed the Scion coupe he was driving than ran across
Highway 78, according to the California Highway Patrol.

At 12:38 a.m., the 26-year-old man, whose name was not released
pending notification of his family, was driving a Scion east on the
highway at a high rate of speed, authorities said. His car hit
another vehicle and veered into the median, causing the Scion to
roll over just east of Civic Center Drive, according to the medical
examiners office.

The Los Angeles man got out of the car, climbed over the median
barrier and attempted to run across the westbound lanes of the
highway, according to the medical examiner's office. He was struck
by a Chevy 1500 pickup truck and his body came to rest on the road
shoulder just east of the Civic Center Drive, authorities
said.

The man died at the scene.

The highway was closed in both directions for an investigation
until 2:23 a.m., according to the CHP.